I got set up on a date last night.
Having been married 5 years alas it wasn’t with some
gorgeous hunk who was going to whisk me away to my long-awaited desert island.
No, it was with a fellow Mum at nursery. Her son is best
friends with my son and that, in the apparent rules of parenting, means that I
need to be friends with her too.
But it was just so awkward! The conversation began
immediately with arrangements to meet up. I hadn’t done this before but aren’t
we supposed to break the ice first, get to know each other? In the world of
parenting is first base skipped and we just go immediately to walks in the park
and ice creams by the river? Then how does the arrangement get confirmed? Do we
exchange numbers? Do I hand over my business card? What’s the decorum!!!
Now, I’m not sure if it is just down to my own
social-awkwardness that this didn’t feel right. I’m a little bit of an
introvert and not really one for chatting to strangers. But clearly I need to
practise this next phase of mummy-hood – I hear it gets worse when they get to
school.
So please, help a socially awkward mum understand the rules.
How does it all work?
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